Pool game tables and components for use therein

ABSTRACT

Pool game tables and components for use therein are characterized each by having a playing recess in a casting for accommodating pool balls, there furthermore being a plurality of passageways interiorly of the body of the casting and the casting includes a bed having a substantially plane face at the bottom of the recess and a perimetrical rail surrounding the recess, each of the passageways having a pool ball inlet at a different location around the rail adjacent to the rail and the substantially plane face of the bed for the passageway to receive a pool ball through the pool ball inlet from the recess, and each of the passageways having a pool ball outlet and communicating with the pool ball inlet of the passageway for a pool ball to move through the passageway from the pool ball inlet to the pool ball outlet of the passageway by gravity under conditions where the recess is entrant in a downward direction and the substantially plane face of the bed is approximately level.

Kooker [4 1 Apr. 25, 1972 POOL GAME TABLES AND COMPONENTS FOR USETHEREIN Primary ExaminerRichard C. Pinkham Assistant E.raminerTheatriceBrown Attorney-John B. Armentrout [5 7] ABSTRACT Pool game tables andcomponents for use therein are characterized each by having a playingrecess in a casting for accommodating pool balls, there furthermorebeing a plurality of passageways interiorly of the body of the castingand the casting includes a bed having a substantially plane face at thebottom of the recess and a perimetrical rail surrounding the recess,each of the passageways having a pool hall inlet at a different locationaround the rail adjacent to the rail and the substantially plane face ofthe bed for the passageway to receive a pool ball through the pool ballinlet from the recess, and each of the passageways having a pool balloutlet and communicating with the pool ball inlet of the passageway fora pool ball to move through the passageway from the pool ball inlet tothe pool ball outlet of the passageway by gravity under conditions wherethe recess is entrant in a downward direction and the substantiallyplane face of the bed is approximately level.

29 Claims, 6 Drawing Figures PATENTEBAPR 25 m2 3,658 328 sum 1 BF 3INVENTOR Donald B. Koo/rer ATTORNEY POOL GAME TABLES AND COMPONENTS FORUSE THEREIN The present invention relates to game tables and theircomponents and is more particularly concerned with improvements in poolgame tables and in component structure for use in pool game tables.

An object of this invention is the provision of pool game tables andcomponents of pool game tables wherein a playing recess in a casting isallied with passageways in the same casting for the structure to conveypool balls by gravity from the recess through the passageways, havingthe casting available also for buttressing pool ball activity in therecess and in the passageways.

Another object herein is to provide cast pool game table componentswhich afford foundation for trim such as billiard cloth and cushionmembers.

A further object of this invention is to provide pool game tables andcomponents thereof wherein a playing recess in a casting and lead linessecurely embedded in cast material of the casting are interrelated forthe structure to convey pool balls from the recess by gravity throughpassageways in the lead lines.

A further object herein is that of providing pool game tables of thecharacter indicated in which the recess and passageways in the castingshare with pool ball receiver means of the table, the receiver meanspreferably being allied with a hollow pedestal of the table, for thetable to convey pool balls by gravity from the recess through thepassageways and into the pool ball receiver means and the latter to holdthe pool balls received for re-use in play.

Another object herein is to provide top components of pedestal pool gametables.

Another object of this invention is the provision of a component of thecharacter indicated wherein a bed, a perimetrical rail and pool balllead lines are all members of a cast monolithic slab within which thelead lines extend embedded in material of the casting in a comoldedrelation to the material and have their inlets adjacent to the rail atdispersed locations within a recess in a normally up side of the slaband have their outlets grouped adjacent to the normally vertical axis ofthe slab and communicating for pool balls to move by gravity through thelead lines from the inlets and to have egress through said outlets andfrom a normally down side of the slab within a concentrated zone.

A further object herein is to provide a pedestal pool game table inwhich pool ball lead lines affiliated with a recess in top structure ofthe table share with hollow pedestal and receptacle means of the tableand with the recess for the table to convey pool balls by gravity fromthe recess through the lead lines and hollow and hold the pool balls inthe receptacle means within reach for re-use in play.

Other objects in part will be obvious and in part will be pointed outmore fully hereinafter.

In accordance with practice of the present invention a pool game tableis provided which includes game table top structure and support and poolball receiver means, the table top structure comprising bed andperimetrical rail means as members of a casting which includes a bedhaving a substantially plane face at the bottom of a recess in anormally up side of the casting, and a perimetrical rail surrounding therecess, there being a plurality of passageways interiorly of the body ofthe casting, each of the passageways having a pool hall inletcommunicating with the recess at a different location around the railadjacent to the rail and the substantially plane face of the bed for thepassageway to receive a pool ball through the pool ball inlet of thepassageway from the recess, and each of the passageways having a poolhall outlet and communicating with the pool hall inlet of the passagewayfor a pool ball to move through the passageway from the pool ball inletto the pool ball outlet by gravity under conditions where the recess isentrant in a downward direction and the substantially plane face of thebed is approximately level, and the support and pool ball receiver meanshereinbefore referred to including, support means for supporting thetable top structure in a position wherein the aforementioned recess isentrant in a downward direction and the substantially plane face of thebed is approximately level, and pool hall receiver means communicatingwith the pool ball outlets for receiving pool balls by gravity from thepool hall outlets and holding the pool balls received accessible fromthe exterior of the table while the support means supports the table topstructure in a position wherein the recess is entrant in a downwarddirection and the substantially plane face of the bed is approximatelylevel. Tables in further preferred embodiments of the present inventionare predestal tables wherein the support means includes pedestal meansfor supporting the table top structure in a position having theaforementioned recess entrant in a downward direction and thesubstantially plane face of the bed approximately level, and the poolball receiver means includes pool ball receptacle means extending fromthe pedestal means through a side aperture in the pedestal means andcommunicating with the pool ball inlets through the aperture and ahollow in the pedestal means for the receptacle means to receive poolballs from the pool ball outlets through the hollow and aperture bygravity while the support means supports the table top structure in aposition having the recess entrant in a downward direction and thesubstantially plane face of the bed approximately level.

The present invention also in certain aspects thereof embodies pooltable components in which bed and perimetrical rail means occur asmembers of a casting which comprises a bed having a substantially planeface at a bottom of a recess, and a rail surrounding this recess on anormally up side of the casting, there being a plurality of passagewaysinteriorly of the body of the casting, each of the passageways having apool ball inlet communicating with the recess at a different locationaround the rail adjacent to the rail and the substantially plane face ofthe bed for the passageway to receive a pool ball through the pool ballinlet of the passageway from the recess, and each of the passagewayshaving a pool ball outlet and communicating with the pool ball inlet ofthe passageway and with the exterior of the casting for a pool ball tomove through the passageway from the pool ball inlet to the pool balloutlet by gravity and have egress from the pool hall outlet to theexterior of the casting when the casting is in a position wherein therecess is entrant in a downward direction and the substantially planeface of the bed is approximately level.

In the accompanying drawings which represent presently preferredembodiments of this invention:

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a pool game table featuring a top componentand support and pool ball receiver structure, the view being partiallyin dashed line and broken away for indicating certain details of thetable which are found in depth of the table;

FIG. 2 is a side elevation of the same table as that of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a cross section taken of the table in FIG. I in the verticalplane of line 3-3;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of the pedestal cap member in the table ofthe preceding figures and also introduces leveling means of the table inbottom plan view;

FIG. 5 is a cross sectional elevation taken at line 55 in FIG. 1; and

FIG. 6 relates to a modified embodiment of this invention and is a viewin top plan of a pool game table, representing in dashed lines and inpartially broken away regions certain support and pool ball conveyor andreceptacle structure of the table existing in depth of the table.

Referring now more particularly to the embodiment represented in FIGS. 1to 5 of the drawings herein, a pool game table 10 is characterized byhaving in the structure thereof a top component 11 which comprises bedand perimetrical rail means 13 wherein bed 14 and the perimetrical rail15 as well as a plurality of tubular pool ball lead lines 16 all aremembers of a casting made for example of concrete as cast material 29,or of any other suitable material as the cast material, having thetubular lead lines embedded therein and integrally bonded thereto bycomolding. These lead lines afford passageways interiorly of thecasting. The casting has a recess 18 within the surround of theperimetrical rail in a normally up side 17, there being a substantiallyplane face 19 of the bed at the bottom of the recess. Geometrically, thearea of the substantially plane face 19 of the bed is about the same inall four quadrants leading from the normally vertical axis of the recess18 up to the perimetrical rail 15.

Top component 11 includes cushion members 80 connected with rail 15 ofthe casting and also is lined with billiard cloth 81 or other suitablelining connected with the casting. There are notches 27 in the table topcomponent 11 entering between longitudinal ends of the cushion members80, which notches furthermore in the present embodiment are into therail 15 between longitudinal ends of sectors 15a of the rail. An outsideborder 30 of the casting extends facially backwardly and outwardly fromthe normally up side 17 of the casting, and the casting marginally atthe normally up side in the regions between the notches 27 has asubstantially uniform width from the innermost faces of sectors 15a ofthe perimetrical rail 15 to this outside border. It therefore followsthat the lateral ends of the rail sectors 15a toward recess 18longitudinally extend between the notches 27 substantiallyconcentrically with the outside border 30. By having the outside border30 lead facially backwardly and outwardly from the crest of theperimetrical rail 15, as preferred, there are advantages among which arethose of accordingly reducing bulk of the casting while preservingstrength laterally across the perimetrical rail and facilitating reachby players of the game toward the innermost region of the recess 18 fromthe outside border.

Bed 14 forms a truncated substantially central portion 32 of the castingon the normally down side 31 directly behind a geometrically centralarea of the substantially plane face 19 of the bed. The truncatedcentral portion 32 as facially exposed on side 31 is generally planehaving the normally vertical axis of the recess 18 substantiallyperpendicular thereto and extends generally parallel with thesubstantially plane face 19 of the bed 14. From this truncated centralportion 32 the bed face diverges outwardly and forwardly toward theoutside border 30 and joins with the rear facial end of that border. Asexemplified, the normally down side 31 is generally conicalsubstantially coaxial with the normally vertical axis of the recess 18in the region between the truncated central portion 32 and asubstantially circular junction with the border 30 which thence faciallyitself, as exemplified, is generally conical substantially coaxiallywith the normally vertical axis of the recess 18 to a substantiallycircular juncture with the normally up side 17 of the casting.

Both an elbow 20 and a tubular portion 22 of each lead line 16 areembedded in the cast material 29 in a comolded and thus integrallybonded relation to the cast material and thus contribute as members ofthe casting. Each lead line progresses longitudinally away from thesubstantially plane face 19 of the bed 14 so that when the latter faceis about level a pool ball entering the passageway any one of the leadlines 16 at pool ball inlet 21 thereof will be conveyed through theparticular lead line to a pool ball outlet 23 of the lead linepassageway by gravity. In further detail, the lead lines 16 have theirpassageway outlets 23 grouped within the truncated central portion 32directly behind the geometrically central area of the substantiallyplane face 19 of the casting for the lead lines to deliver pool balls bygravity to these outlets.

Lead lines 16 moreover communicate for pool balls moving to the outlets23 to have egress from the casting by gravity through a thimble 45 whichis embedded in cast material of the truncated central portion 32 in acomolded and thus integrally bonded relation to that material. Anormally downwardly open chamber 46 of the thimble is in communicationwith the pool ball outlets 23 and with the exterior of the casting onthe normally down side 31 of the casting through the substantiallycentral area of this side of the casting. Accordingly, chamber 46 isclosed against the cast material 29 by a normally inverted bottom 47 ofthe thimble and by a side wall 48 of the thimble. The tubular portions22 of the lead lines 16 are joined with this thimble side wall at thepool ball outlets 23 for these outlets to deliver pool balls into thechamber 46. From the elbows 20, the tubular portions 22 progressincreasingly farther away from the substantially plane face 19 of thebed 14 and longitudinally toward the thimble 45 in a substantiallyradial relation to the thimble.

The pool ball inlets 21 are entrant in the notches 27 adjacent to theperimetrical rail 15, and are six in number with their centers spacedsubstantially equidistantly apart from each other, as preferred,although this number or spacing, or both, may be otherwise if desired.Also, as preferred, the centers of the pool ball inlets 21 areapproximately on a circle having center on the normally vertical axis ofthe recess 18 while the lateral innermost ends of the cushion members inthe recess extend substantially on arcs of a circle longitudinallybetween the notches 27 with the latter circle being centered on the sameaxis.

The elbows 20 at the pool ball inlets 21 provide cladding 25 externallyfacially of the casting within the notches 27 in the perimetrical rail15. Cladding 25 leads up to the crest of the rail 15 between the railsectors 15a. Moreover, in the present embodiment, other external facesof the casting, including the face of border 30, the face of theperimetrical rail 15 outside the notches 27, and the substantially planeface 19 of the bed 14, also occur on cladding. In the latter regard, thenormally up side 17 and border 30 of the casting are characterized byhaving the casting include a cupped cladding shell 40 which interiorlyfacially is in a comolded and thus integrally bonded relation to thecast material 29 at the normally up side 17 and at border 30. Shell 40,however, is connected with outer ends of the elbows 20 around the poolball inlets 21 and thus with the cladding 25 afforded by these elbows.More particularly, a normally inverted bottom 41 of the cupped shell 40occurs externally facially in the casting and thereby presents thesubstantially plane face 19 of the casting at the bottom of the recess18 and that of the perimetrical rail 15 outside th notches 27, while aflange 42 of the shell occurs externally facially in the casting atborder 30. Each elbow 20 is a product of fiber glass and resin and isconnected at inner end with the related tubular portion 22, the latterbeing made of ebonite, while the cup-shaped shell 40 and thimble 45 areeach products of fiber glass and resin, although any other suitablematerial or materials may of course be substituted for any of those justnamed with reference to any or all of the several members.

In producing the casting hereinbefore described it is advantageous toprovide a unit which includes the cupped shell 40, the thimble 45 andthe lead lines 16 interconnected with the cupped shell and the thimbleas these lead lines are to be in the casting, and to provide a moldwhich is female at the bottom and side respectively to the bottom 41 andflange 42 respectively of the cupped shell as they are to occur male inthe casting, and under these conditions place the aforementioned unit inthe mold with the cupped shell 40 resting male at bottom 41 on thefemale bottom of the mold and with the flange 42 resting male againstthe female side of the mold, and then filling the mold with castingmaterial 29 behind the cupped shell and in over the lead lines 16 up toand embedding the thimble 45. In working with such materials 29 asconcrete it is usually sufficient then to finish off the normally bottomface 31 of the casting such as with a screed or a trowel in an openmold, thereafter allowing the casting to set and then stripping thecasting of the mold.

In table top component 11 the cushion members 80 and billiard cloth 8]are bonded at interior face by means of an appropriate adhesive to thecupped shell 40 thus to line the recess 18. In other embodiments stillin accordance with the present invention the pool ball playing surfaceat the bottom of the recess may for example directly be that ofcladding, or of paint on cladding, in each instance in the absence ofbilliard cloth, or be that of the cast material which is comolded withthe tubular lead lines, or be of billiard cloth or of paint in eachinstance directly on the cast material in the absence of intermediatecladding, in the several instances having the cushion membersappropriately connected with the casting. A number of advantages,however, are found as an incident to including the cupped cladding shell40, among which are that it preestablishes surface of the casting andthat it associates well with the tubular lead lines with or without athimble in the mold and in the resulting cast product.

Table is a pool game pedestal table wherein support and pool ballreceiver means 83 are hollow communicating with the pool ball outlets 23and with the exterior of the table for the support and pool ballreceiver means to receive pool balls by gravity from these pool balloutlets, issue the pool balls received to the exterior of the table, andcontain the pool balls thus issued. A pedestal 84 in the support andpool ball receiver structure includes a pillar 85, such as of concrete,and which as shown is tubular having a longitudinal hollow or passage 86therein and a side aperture in the form of a notch 87 laterallycommunicating with the passage 86 from a normally upper end 88 of thepillar. Pedestal 84 further comprises a base 89 extending beneath thepillar 85 for supporting the pillar such as by resting upon the floor ofa room or on earth in an outdoor location. While table 10 may beconsidered as being either for indoor or outdoor use, FIG. 1 representsinstallation for outdoor recreation, with the lower portion of thepillar 85 extending underground to base 89, the latter being placed toserve as a footing, such as of concrete, against earth preferably belowfrostline.

A pool ball receptacle embodying a tray 90 in the pool ball support andreceiver structure is accommodated open upright by insertion into thepassage 86 and notch 87 from the normally upper end 88 of the pillar andthence by lowering into the seated position shown against the pillar atthe bottom of .notch 87. In the latter position the tray 90, still openupward,

projects into the passage 86 and through the notch 87 and thenceradially from the pillar 85 outside the pillar, for receiving pool ballsdelivered by gravity through passage 86 and delivering the pool ballsreceived to the exterior of the pillar through notch 87. Tray 90 may bemade of fiber glass and resin or of any other suitable material ormaterials as occasion may demand.

Seating upon the normally upper end 88 of the pillar 85 is a cap 91 ofthe pedestal 84; this cap, being made of concrete or of any othersuitable material, has a central opening 92 therein communicating withpassage 86 and is aligned with the tray 90 for pool balls to enter thepassage by gravity from the cap and thence fall into the tray inside thepillar. The alignment of cap opening 92 with the pillar 85 for thelatter purpose is assured and preserved by a plug-like longitudinalextension 91a of the cap which substantially interfits with the pillarinside the passage 86 and substantially closes off the notch 87 for adistance down the pillar toward the tray 90. Besides being seated on thepillar at the bottom of notch 87, tray 90 is inclined from inner end inpassage 86 toward the outer end outside the pillar 85 for deliveringpool balls through this notch. The inner end of tray 90 is connectedwith hanger means 94 and is engaged with the normally upper end 88 ofthe pillar by the hanger means for supporting the tray inclined asaforementioned and maintaining the inner end of the tray substantiallyagainst the innermost face of extension 910 of the cap 93 in passage 86.Tray 90 is configurated, having a taper, for engaging the pillar 85adjacent to notch 87 against endwise movement of the tray outwardlythrough the notch.

Table 10 also is characterized by leveling means 95 for leveling thetable top structure 11. In the leveling means a plu rality of relativelymovable leveling screws 95a are mounted in the cap 91 for adjustablyleveling the table top structure and extend upwardly into contact withthe normally down side 31 of the casing at the face of the truncatedcentral portion 32 of the casting for transmitting load of the table topstructure to the pedestal 84. From the truncated central portion 32 atubular extension 45a of the thimble 45 projects male into opening 92 ofthe cap 91 for aligning the table top structure 11 with pedestal 84 andtransmitting pool balls from the pool ball outlets 23 to the opening 92,and to maintain telescopic interfit with the cap such as when theleveling screws 95a are being adjusted for leveling the substantiallyplane face 19 of the bed 14.

In accordance with the embodiment represented in FIG. 6, a pool gametable 10' is provided wherein the top structure 11" is substantiallyrectangular in plan, having a bed 14', a perimetrical rail 15' andtubular lead lines 16' occur along with thimble 45', as well as with apedestal 84 and a pool ball receptacle all as members of the samecasting in a comolded and thus integrally bonded relation to castmaterial 29. The feature of leveling the table top structure relative tothe pedestal accordingly has been omitted. An elongated extension 45a'of the thimble leads all the way to a shell 90a of the receptacle, beingconnected with the latter shell, and the extension 450 and shell 90a areembedded in the cast material 29' in a comolded and integrally bondedrelation to this material. Receptacle 90' is upwardly open accessiblyfrom the exterior of the casting for receiving pool balls from the poolball inlets 21' leading from the recess 18 thence to the pool balloutlets 23 and the remainder of the pool hall gravity conveying systemterminating at the receptacle 90'.

As the invention lends itself to many possible embodiments and as manypossible changes may be made in the embodiments hereinbefore set forth,it will be distinctly understood that all matter described herein is tobe interpreted as illustrative and not as a limitation.

I claim:

1. In a pool game table, the combination which includes, game table topstructure and support and pool ball receiver means, said game table topstructure comprising bed and rail means as members of a casting whichincludes a bed having a substantially plane face at the bottom of arecess in a normally up side of said casting, and a rail surroundingsaid recess, there being a plurality of passageways leading interiorlyof the body of said casting, each of said passageways having a pool ballinlet communicating the said recess at a different location around saidrail adjacent to said rail and said substantially plane face of said bedfor said passageway to receive a pool ball into said casting throughsaid pool ball inlet of said passageway from said recess, and each ofsaid passageways having a pool ball outlet grouped together with saidpool ball outlets of the other of said passageways adjacent to thenormally vertical axis of said recess in a region behind saidsubstantially plane face of said bed and said passageway communicatingfor a pool ball to move through said passageway from said pool ballinlet to said pool ball outlet by gravity under conditions wherein saidrecess is entrant in a downward direction and said substantially planeface of said bed is approximately level, and said support and pool ballreceiver means including, pedestal means for supporting said game tabletop structure, adjustable leveling means extending between said pedestalmeans and said game table top structure and mounted for transmittingload of said game table top structure to said pedestal means andadjusting said game table top structure into a position wherein saidrecess is entrant in a downward direction and said substantially planeface of said bed is approximately level, and pool ball receptacle meansassociated with a side aperture in said pedestal means and communicatingwith said pool hall outlets through a hollow in said pedestal means toreceive pool balls from said outlets through said hollow by gravity andfor the pool balls received in said receptacle means to be removedthrough said side aperture from the interior of said pedestal meanswhile said pedestal means under load transmitted through said levelingmeans supports said table top structure in a position wherein saidrecess is entrant in a downward direction and said substantially planeface of said bed is approximately level.

2. In a pool game table, the combination as set forth in claim 1 whereinsaid support means includes, a pillar having said hollow therein andsaid side aperture is a notch in said pillar communicating with saidhollow from a normally upper end of said pillar, and a cap seating uponsaid normally upper end of said pillar and supporting load of said gametable top structure, said cap having an extension substantially fittingsaid pillar to align said cap with said pillar and substantially closeofi said notch part way down said pillar, there being an opening in saidcap intercommunicating with said hollow and said pool ball outlets forpool balls from said pool ball outlets to pass through said cap openingand enter said hollow, and said pool hall receptacle means includes apool ball tray seating at the bottom of said notch upon said pillar andsupported within said hollow in said pillar, having said pool hall trayextend for receiving pool balls delivered through said cap opening intosaid hollow by gravity and delivering the pool balls received to theexterior of said pillar through said notch under said cap extension.

3. In a pool game table, the combination as set forth in claim 2 whereinsaid tray is configurated for engaging said pillar adjacent to saidnotch against endwise movement of said tray outwardly through saidnotch, and hanger means leading from a portion of said tray in saidhollow of said pillar bears upon said normally upper end of said pillarfor maintaining said tray under a face of said cap in said hollow ofsaid pillar when said cap is seated upon said normally upper end of saidpillar.

4. In a pool game table, the combination which includes, game table topstructure and support and pool ball receiver means, said game table topstructure comprising bed and rail means as members of a casting whichincludes a bed having a substantially plane face at the bottom of arecess in a normally up side of said casting, and a rail surroundingsaid recess, there being a pool ball outlet thimble securely embedded inmaterial of said casting adjacent to the normally vertical axis of saidrecess in a region behind said substantially plane face of said bed andthere being a plurality of passageways interiorly of the body of saidcasting, each of said passageways having a pool ball inlet communicatingwith said recess at a different location around said rail adjacent tosaid rail and said substantially plane face of said bed for saidpassageway to receive a pool ball into said casting through said poolball inlet of said passageway from said recess, and each of saidpassageways having a pool hall outlet into the interior of said thimbleand said passageway communicating for a pool ball to move through saidpassageway from said pool ball inlet to said pool ball outlet and thenceinto said thimble by gravity under conditions wherein said recess isentrant in a downward direction and said substantially plane face ofsaid bed is approximately level, and said support and pool ball receivermeans including pedestal means for supporting said game table topstructure in a position wherein said recess is entrant in a downwarddirection and said substantially plane face of said bed is approximatelylevel, and pool ball receptacle means associated with a side aperture insaid pedestal means and communicating with the interior of said thimblethrough a hollow in said pedestal means to receive pool balls from saidthimble through said pedestal means by gravity and for the pool ballsreceived in said receptacle means to be removed through said sideaperture from the interior of said pedestal means while said pedestalmeans supports said game table top structure in a position wherein saidrecess is entrant in a downward direction and said substantially planeface of said bed is approximately level.

5. In a pool game table, the combination as set forth in claim 4 whereinsaid thimble has a tubular extension outside said casting, and saidtubular extension and a normally upper end portion of said pedestalmeans being male and female companions for being moved one into theother in assembling said casting and said support means.

6. In a pool game table, the combination as set forth in claim 5 whereinthe table includes adjustable leveling means mounted for leveling saidtable top structure, said leveling means extending between said pedestalmeans and said game table top structure for transmitting load of saidgame table top structure to said pedestal means.

7. In a pool game table, the combination as set forth in claim 5 whereinsaid pool hall outlets are grouped adjacent to the normally verticalaxis of said recess having said tubular ducts communicating for poolballs to have egress from the interior of said casting adjacent to thenormally vertical axis of said recess, and said support and pool ballreceiver means comprises, pillar means for supporting said game tabletop structure in a position wherein said recess is entrant in a downwarddirection and said substantially plane face of said bed is approximatelylevel, and pool ball receptacle means associated with a side aperture insaid pillar means and communicating with said pool ball outlets througha hollow in said pillar means to receive pool balls from said pool balloutlets by gravity and for the pool balls received in said receptaclemeans to be removed from said hollow through said aperture while saidpillar means supports said game table top structure in a positionwherein said recess is entrant in a downward direction and saidsubstantially plane face of said bed is approximately level.

8. In a pool game table, the combination as set forth in claim 7 whereinthe table includes adjustable leveling means mounted for leveling saidgame table top structure and extending between said pillar means andsaid table top structure for transmitting load of said game table topstructure to said pillar means.

9. In a pool game table, the combination as set forth in claim 7 whereinsaid pillar means includes a pillar having said hollow and aperturetherein, and a cap seating upon a normally upper end of said pillar,said cap having an opening for pool balls to pass from said pool balloutlets through said cap and enter said hollow by gravity while saidpillar means supports said game table top structure in a positionwherein said recess is entrant in a downward direction and saidsubstantially plane face of said bed is approximately level, and saidreceptacle means includes a tray forwardly having a portion seated uponan edge of said pillar in said aperture and rearwardly having an end insaid hollow further engaged with said pillar, for said tray to receiveby gravity the pool balls delivered into said hollow from said pool halloutlets and for said aperture thence to serve as an exit for the poolballs received into said tray.

10. In a pool game table, the combination as set forth in claim 9wherein the table includes adjustable leveling means mounted forleveling said game table top structure and extending between said capand said game table top structure.

11. In a pool game table, the combination as set forth in claim 9wherein said aperture in said pillar is a notch coextending with saidhollow from said normally upper end of said pillar, and said cap has anextension substantially fitting with said pillar for aligning said capwith said pillar and for substantially closing off said notch for adistance along said pillar.

12. In a pool game table, the combination as set forth in claim 11wherein said notch reaches below said extension of said cap and saidnotch below said cap extension affords an exit from said hollow for thepool balls received in said tray.

13. In a pool game table, the combination as set forth in claim 9wherein said tray seated upon said edge of said pillar in said apertureis configurated for engaging said pillar ad jacent to said apertureagainst endwise movement of said tray outwardly through said aperture.

14. In a pool game table, the combination as set forth in claim 9wherein said tray seated upon said edge of said pillar in said notch isconfigurated for engaging said pillar adjacent to said notch againstendwise movement of said tray outwardly through said notch, and hangermeans leads from said inner end of said tray in said hollow and engagessaid normally upper end of said pillar for supporting said tray inposition under a face of said cap in said hollow when said cap is onsaid normally upper end of said pillar.

15. In a pool game table, the combination as set forth in claim 14wherein the table includes adjustable leveling means extending betweensaid cap and said game table top structure and mounted for leveling saidtable top structure.

16. In a pool game table component, the combination which includes, bedand rail means comprising as members of a casting, a bed having asubstantially plane face at the bottom of a recess in a normally up sideof said casting, and a rail surrounding said recess, there being aplurality of tubular ducts each characterized by having an elbowextending embedded in said bed of said casting and each of said elbowsintroducing a pool hall inlet of said tubular duct communicating withsaid recess at a different location around said rail adjacent to saidrail and said substantially plane face of said bed for said elbow toreceive a pool ball through said pool ball inlet of said tubular ductfrom said recess, and each of said tubular ducts having a tubularextension leading embedded in said bed of said casting and said tubularextension forming a pool ball outlet, said pool ball outlets beinggrouped together in a location normally lower than said substantiallyplane face of said bed, and said tubular extensions of said tubularducts converging with reference to each other leading toward said groupof pool ball outlets and communicating with the exterior of saidcasting,

for a pool ball to move by gravity through any of said tubular ductsfrom said pool ball inlet of said tubular duct to said pool ball outletof said tubular duct and have egress from said casting under conditionswherein said recess is entrant in a downward direction and saidsubstantially plane face of said bed is approximately level.

17. In a pool game table component, the combination as set forth inclaim 16 wherein cladding connected with said elbows includes a layercovering said substantially plane face of said bed at the bottom of saidrecess in a comolded and thus integrally bonded relation to material ofsaid casting, and each of said pool ball inlets communicates with saidrecess through an aperture in said cladding layer.

18. In a pool game table component, the combination as set forth inclaim 17 wherein a cupped cladding shell including said cladding layercovering said substantially plane face of said bed at the bottom of saidrecess further comprises an extension of said layer covering said railin said recess in a comolded and thus integrally bonded relation tomaterial of said casting.

19. In a pool game table component, the combination as set forth inclaim 18 wherein a cupped cladding shell including said cladding layercovering said substantially plane face of said bed at the bottom of saidrecess further comprises an extension of said layer covering said railin said recess in a comolded and thus integrally bonded relation tomaterial of said casting, portions of said rail in said casting havenotches therein within said recess and said pool ball inlets enter saidnotches, and extensions of said elbows clad said rail in said notches ina comolded and thus integrally bonded relation to material of saidcasting.

20. In a pool game table component, the combination as set forth inclaim 16 wherein portions of said rail in said casting have notchestherein within said recess and said pool ball inlets enter said notches,and extensions of said elbows clad said rail in said notches in acomolded and thus integrally bonded relation to material of saidcasting.

21. In a pool game table component, the combination as set forth inclaim 16 wherein said pool hall outlets are grouped in a region adjacentto a normally down side of said casting and the normally vertical axisof said recess and said tubular ducts communicate with the exterior ofsaid casting through said normally down side of said casting for poolballs passing through said ducts to have egress from said casting bygravity under conditions wherein said recess is entrant in a downwarddirection and said substantially plane face of said bed is approximatelylevel.

22. In a pool game table component, the combination as set forth inclaim 16 wherein a thimble open communicating with a normally down sideof said casting is embedded in material of said casting in a comoldedand thus integrally bonded relation to said material, and each of saidtubular ducts has said pool ball outlet thereof emptying into theinterior of said thimble, for a pool ball moving through any of saidtubular ducts to pass by gravity through said thimble when said castingis in a position wherein said recess is entrant in a downward directionand said substantially plane face of said bed is approximately level.

23. In a pool game table component, the combination which includes, bedand rail means comprising as members of a casting, a bed having asubstantially plane face at the bottom of a recess in a normally up sideof said casting, and a rail surrounding said recess, there being aplurality of tubular ducts and a thimble embedded in material of saidcasting, each of said tubular ducts having a pool ball inletcommunicating with said recess at a different location around said railadjacent to said rail and said substantially plane face of said bed, forsaid tubular duct to receive a pool ball through said pool ball inletfrom said recess, and said thimble being disposed communicating with anormally down side of said casting in a location adjacent to a normallyvertical axis of said recess and communicating with a pool ball outletof each of said tubular ducts, for a pool ball to move through said poolball inlet to said pool ball outlet of said duct and through saidthimble by gravity to said normally down side of said casting when saidcasting is in a position wherein said recess is entrant in a downwarddirection and said substantially plane face of said bed is approximatelylevel.

24. In a pool game table component, the combination as set forth inclaim 23 wherein a cupped cladding shell is in a comolded and thusintegrally bonded relation to material of said casting at said normallyup side and thence backward at an outside border of said casting fromsaid normally up side, said cladding shell being connected with saidtubular ducts and open thereto for pool balls in said recess to entersaid pool hall inlets.

25. In a pool game table component, the combination as set forth inclaim 24 wherein each of said tubular ducts includes leading embedded inmaterial of said casting, an elbow and a tubular extension from saidelbow, said elbows of said tubular ducts being connected with saidcupped cladding shell and said pool ball inlets being through said shellinto said elbows, and said tubular extensions of said tubular ductsleading convergently with reference to each other toward said pool balloutlets and being connected with said thimble, having said pool halloutlets opening into the interior of said thimble.

26. In a pool game table component, the combination as set forth inclaim 23 wherein said pool game table component includes pool hallcushion membersdisposed in said recess and connected with said claddingshell adjacent to said rail of said casting, and said component is linedwith billiard cloth covering said cupped cladding shell at the bottom ofsaid recess.

27. In a pool game table component, the combination as set forth inclaim 26 wherein said cushion members, at innermost lateral ends in saidrecess, substantially define arcs lying on a circle between said poolball inlets.

28. In a pool game table component, the combination as set forth inclaim 26 wherein an outside border of said casting lies substantially ona circle concentric with said circle of said cushion members.

29. In a pool game table, the combination which includes, game table topstructure and support and pool ball receiver means, said game table topstructure comprising bed and rail means and said bed and rail meanscomprising as members of a casting, a bed having a substantially planeface at the bottom of a recess in a normally up side of said casting,and a rail surrounding said recess, and said game table top structurefurther including a plurality of tubular ducts each being characterizedby having an elbow extending embedded in said bed of said casting andeach of said elbows introducing adjacent to said rail a pool ball inletof said duct communicating with said recess at a different locationaround said rail adjacent to said rail and said substantially plane faceof said bed for said elbow to receive a pool ball through said pool ballinlet of said tubular duct from said recess, and each of said tubularducts having a tubular extension leading embedded in said bed of saidcasting from said elbow and forming a pool ball outlet grouped togetherwith said pool ball outlets of the other of said tubular extensions in alocation normally lower than the substantially plane face of said bed,said tubular extensions of said tubular ducts converging with referenceto each other leading toward said group of pool ball outlets, and saidelbows and said tubulevel, and pool ball receiver means communicating toreceive pool balls from said pool ball outlets by gravity and to holdthe pool balls received to be removed from said receiver means to theexterior of the table while said support means supports said game tabletop structures in a position wherein said recess is entrant in adownward direction and said substantially plane face of said bed isapproximately level.

1. In a pool game table, the combination which includes, game table topstructure and support and pool ball receiver means, said game table topstructure comprising bed and rail means as members of a casting whichincludes a bed having a substantially plane face at the bottom of arecess in a normally up side of said casting, and a rail surroundingsaid recess, there being a plurality of passageways leading interiorlyof the body of said casting, each of said passageways having a pool ballinlet communicating the said recess at a different location around saidrail adjacent to said rail and said substantially plane face of said bedfor said passageway to receive a pool ball into said casting throughsaid pool ball inlet of said passageway from said recess, and each ofsaid passageways having a pool ball outlet grouped together with saidpool ball outlets of the other of said passageways adjacent to thenormally vertical axis of said recess in a region behind saidsubstantially plane face of said bed and said passageway communicatingfor a pool ball to move through said passageway from said pool ballinlet to said pool ball outlet by gravity under conditions wherein saidrecess is entrant in a downward direction and said substantially planeface of said bed is approximately level, and said support and pool ballreceiver means including, pedestal means for supporting said game tabletop structure, adjustable leveling means extending between said pedestalmeans and said game table top structure and mounted for transmittingload of said game table top structure to said pedestal means andadjusting said game table top structure into a position wherein saidrecess is entrant in a downward direction and said substantially planeface of said bed is approximately level, and pool ball receptacle meansassociated with a side aperture in said pedestal means and communicatingwith said pool ball outlets through a hollow in said pedestal means toreceive pool balls from said outlets through said hollow by gravity andfor the pool balls received in said receptacle means to be removedthrough said side aperture from the interior of said pedestal meanswhile said pedestal means under load transmitted through said levelingmeans supports said table top structure in a position wherein saidrecess is entrant in a downward direction and said substantially planeface of said bed is approximately level.
 2. In a pool game table, thecombination as set forth in claim 1 wherein said support means includes,a pillar having said hollow therein and said side aperture is a notch insaid pillar communicating with said hollow from a normally upper end ofsaid pillar, and a cap seating upon said normally upper end of saidpillar and supporting load of said game table top structure, said caphaving an extension substantially fitting said pillar to align said capwith said pillar and substantially close off said notch part way downsaid pillar, there being an opening in said cap intercommunicating withsaid hollow and said pool ball outlets for pool balls from said poolball outlets to pass through said cap opening and enter said hollow, andsaid pool ball receptacle means includes a pool ball tray seating at thebottom of said notch upon said pillar and supported within said hollowin said pillar, having said pool ball tray extend for receiving poolballs delivered through said cap opening into said hollow by gravity anddelivering the pool balls received to the exterior of said pillarthrough said notch under said cap extension.
 3. In a pool game table,the combination as set forth in claim 2 wherein said tray isconfigurated for engaging said pillar adjacent to said notch againstendwise movement of said tray outwardly through said notch, and hangermeans leading from a portion of said tray in said hollow of said pillarbears upon said normally upper end of said pillar for maintaining saidtray under a face of said cap in said hollow of said pillar when saidcap is seated upon said normally upper end of said pillar.
 4. In a poolgame table, the combination which includes, game table top structure andsupport and pool ball receiver means, said game table top structurecomprising bed and rail means as members of a casting which includes abed having a substantially plane face at the bottom of a recess in anormally up side of said casting, and a rail surrounding said recess,there being a pool ball outlet thimble securely embedded in material ofsaid casting adjacent to the normally vertical axis of said recess in aregion behind said substantially plane face of said bed and there beinga plurality of passageways interiorly of the body of said casting, eachof said passageways having a pool ball inlet communicating with saidrecess at a different location around said rail adjacent to said railand said substantially plane face of said bed for said passageway toreceive a pool ball into said casting through said pool ball inlet ofsaid passageway from said recess, and each of said passageways having apool ball outlet into the interior of said thimble and said passagewaycommunicating for a pool ball to move through said passageway from saidpool ball inlet to said pool ball outlet and thence into said thimble bygravity under conditions wherein said recess is entrant in a downwarddirection and said substantially plane face of said bed is approximatelylevel, and said support and pool ball receiver means including pedestalmeans for supporting said game table top structure in a position whereinsaid recess is entrant in a downward direction and said substantiallyplane face of said bed is approximately level, and pool ball receptaclemeans associated with a side aperture in said pedestal means andcommunicating with the interior of said thimble through a hollow in saidpedestal means to receive pool balls from said thimble through saidpedestal means by gravity and for the pool balls received in saidreceptacle means to be removed through said side aperture from theinterior of said pedestal means while said pedestal means supports saidgame table top structure in a position wherein said recess is entrant ina downward direction and said substantially plane face of said bed isapproximately level.
 5. In a pool game table, the combination as setforth in claim 4 wherein said thimble has a tubular extension outsidesaid casting, and said tubular extension and a normally upper endportion of said pedestal means being male and female companions forbeing moved one into the other in assembling said casting and saidsupport means.
 6. In a pool game table, the combination as set forth inclaim 5 wherein the table includes adjustable leveling means mounted forleveling said table top structure, said leveling means extending betweensaid pedestal means and said game table top structure for transmittingload of said game table top structure to said pedestal means.
 7. In apool game table, the combination as set forth in claim 5 wherein saidpool ball outlets are grouped adjacent to the normally vertical axis ofsaid recess having said tubular ducts communicating for pool balls tohave egress from the interior of said casting adjacent to the normallyvertical axis of said recess, and said support and pool ball receivermeans comprises, pillAr means for supporting said game table topstructure in a position wherein said recess is entrant in a downwarddirection and said substantially plane face of said bed is approximatelylevel, and pool ball receptacle means associated with a side aperture insaid pillar means and communicating with said pool ball outlets througha hollow in said pillar means to receive pool balls from said pool balloutlets by gravity and for the pool balls received in said receptaclemeans to be removed from said hollow through said aperture while saidpillar means supports said game table top structure in a positionwherein said recess is entrant in a downward direction and saidsubstantially plane face of said bed is approximately level.
 8. In apool game table, the combination as set forth in claim 7 wherein thetable includes adjustable leveling means mounted for leveling said gametable top structure and extending between said pillar means and saidtable top structure for transmitting load of said game table topstructure to said pillar means.
 9. In a pool game table, the combinationas set forth in claim 7 wherein said pillar means includes a pillarhaving said hollow and aperture therein, and a cap seating upon anormally upper end of said pillar, said cap having an opening for poolballs to pass from said pool ball outlets through said cap and entersaid hollow by gravity while said pillar means supports said game tabletop structure in a position wherein said recess is entrant in a downwarddirection and said substantially plane face of said bed is approximatelylevel, and said receptacle means includes a tray forwardly having aportion seated upon an edge of said pillar in said aperture andrearwardly having an end in said hollow further engaged with saidpillar, for said tray to receive by gravity the pool balls deliveredinto said hollow from said pool ball outlets and for said aperturethence to serve as an exit for the pool balls received into said tray.10. In a pool game table, the combination as set forth in claim 9wherein the table includes adjustable leveling means mounted forleveling said game table top structure and extending between said capand said game table top structure.
 11. In a pool game table, thecombination as set forth in claim 9 wherein said aperture in said pillaris a notch coextending with said hollow from said normally upper end ofsaid pillar, and said cap has an extension substantially fitting withsaid pillar for aligning said cap with said pillar and for substantiallyclosing off said notch for a distance along said pillar.
 12. In a poolgame table, the combination as set forth in claim 11 wherein said notchreaches below said extension of said cap and said notch below said capextension affords an exit from said hollow for the pool balls receivedin said tray.
 13. In a pool game table, the combination as set forth inclaim 9 wherein said tray seated upon said edge of said pillar in saidaperture is configurated for engaging said pillar adjacent to saidaperture against endwise movement of said tray outwardly through saidaperture.
 14. In a pool game table, the combination as set forth inclaim 9 wherein said tray seated upon said edge of said pillar in saidnotch is configurated for engaging said pillar adjacent to said notchagainst endwise movement of said tray outwardly through said notch, andhanger means leads from said inner end of said tray in said hollow andengages said normally upper end of said pillar for supporting said trayin position under a face of said cap in said hollow when said cap is onsaid normally upper end of said pillar.
 15. In a pool game table, thecombination as set forth in claim 14 wherein the table includesadjustable leveling means extending between said cap and said game tabletop structure and mounted for leveling said table top structure.
 16. Ina pool game table component, the combination which includes, bed andrail means comprising as members of a casting, a bed having asubstantiaLly plane face at the bottom of a recess in a normally up sideof said casting, and a rail surrounding said recess, there being aplurality of tubular ducts each characterized by having an elbowextending embedded in said bed of said casting and each of said elbowsintroducing a pool ball inlet of said tubular duct communicating withsaid recess at a different location around said rail adjacent to saidrail and said substantially plane face of said bed for said elbow toreceive a pool ball through said pool ball inlet of said tubular ductfrom said recess, and each of said tubular ducts having a tubularextension leading embedded in said bed of said casting and said tubularextension forming a pool ball outlet, said pool ball outlets beinggrouped together in a location normally lower than said substantiallyplane face of said bed, and said tubular extensions of said tubularducts converging with reference to each other leading toward said groupof pool ball outlets and communicating with the exterior of saidcasting, for a pool ball to move by gravity through any of said tubularducts from said pool ball inlet of said tubular duct to said pool balloutlet of said tubular duct and have egress from said casting underconditions wherein said recess is entrant in a downward direction andsaid substantially plane face of said bed is approximately level.
 17. Ina pool game table component, the combination as set forth in claim 16wherein cladding connected with said elbows includes a layer coveringsaid substantially plane face of said bed at the bottom of said recessin a comolded and thus integrally bonded relation to material of saidcasting, and each of said pool ball inlets communicates with said recessthrough an aperture in said cladding layer.
 18. In a pool game tablecomponent, the combination as set forth in claim 17 wherein a cuppedcladding shell including said cladding layer covering said substantiallyplane face of said bed at the bottom of said recess further comprises anextension of said layer covering said rail in said recess in a comoldedand thus integrally bonded relation to material of said casting.
 19. Ina pool game table component, the combination as set forth in claim 18wherein a cupped cladding shell including said cladding layer coveringsaid substantially plane face of said bed at the bottom of said recessfurther comprises an extension of said layer covering said rail in saidrecess in a comolded and thus integrally bonded relation to material ofsaid casting, portions of said rail in said casting have notches thereinwithin said recess and said pool ball inlets enter said notches, andextensions of said elbows clad said rail in said notches in a comoldedand thus integrally bonded relation to material of said casting.
 20. Ina pool game table component, the combination as set forth in claim 16wherein portions of said rail in said casting have notches thereinwithin said recess and said pool ball inlets enter said notches, andextensions of said elbows clad said rail in said notches in a comoldedand thus integrally bonded relation to material of said casting.
 21. Ina pool game table component, the combination as set forth in claim 16wherein said pool ball outlets are grouped in a region adjacent to anormally down side of said casting and the normally vertical axis ofsaid recess and said tubular ducts communicate with the exterior of saidcasting through said normally down side of said casting for pool ballspassing through said ducts to have egress from said casting by gravityunder conditions wherein said recess is entrant in a downward directionand said substantially plane face of said bed is approximately level.22. In a pool game table component, the combination as set forth inclaim 16 wherein a thimble open communicating with a normally down sideof said casting is embedded in material of said casting in a comoldedand thus integrally bonded relation to said material, and each of saidtubular ducts has said pool ball outlet tHereof emptying into theinterior of said thimble, for a pool ball moving through any of saidtubular ducts to pass by gravity through said thimble when said castingis in a position wherein said recess is entrant in a downward directionand said substantially plane face of said bed is approximately level.23. In a pool game table component, the combination which includes, bedand rail means comprising as members of a casting, a bed having asubstantially plane face at the bottom of a recess in a normally up sideof said casting, and a rail surrounding said recess, there being aplurality of tubular ducts and a thimble embedded in material of saidcasting, each of said tubular ducts having a pool ball inletcommunicating with said recess at a different location around said railadjacent to said rail and said substantially plane face of said bed, forsaid tubular duct to receive a pool ball through said pool ball inletfrom said recess, and said thimble being disposed communicating with anormally down side of said casting in a location adjacent to a normallyvertical axis of said recess and communicating with a pool ball outletof each of said tubular ducts, for a pool ball to move through said poolball inlet to said pool ball outlet of said duct and through saidthimble by gravity to said normally down side of said casting when saidcasting is in a position wherein said recess is entrant in a downwarddirection and said substantially plane face of said bed is approximatelylevel.
 24. In a pool game table component, the combination as set forthin claim 23 wherein a cupped cladding shell is in a comolded and thusintegrally bonded relation to material of said casting at said normallyup side and thence backward at an outside border of said casting fromsaid normally up side, said cladding shell being connected with saidtubular ducts and open thereto for pool balls in said recess to entersaid pool ball inlets.
 25. In a pool game table component, thecombination as set forth in claim 24 wherein each of said tubular ductsincludes leading embedded in material of said casting, an elbow and atubular extension from said elbow, said elbows of said tubular ductsbeing connected with said cupped cladding shell and said pool ballinlets being through said shell into said elbows, and said tubularextensions of said tubular ducts leading convergently with reference toeach other toward said pool ball outlets and being connected with saidthimble, having said pool ball outlets opening into the interior of saidthimble.
 26. In a pool game table component, the combination as setforth in claim 23 wherein said pool game table component includes poolball cushion members disposed in said recess and connected with saidcladding shell adjacent to said rail of said casting, and said componentis lined with billiard cloth covering said cupped cladding shell at thebottom of said recess.
 27. In a pool game table component, thecombination as set forth in claim 26 wherein said cushion members, atinnermost lateral ends in said recess, substantially define arcs lyingon a circle between said pool ball inlets.
 28. In a pool game tablecomponent, the combination as set forth in claim 26 wherein an outsideborder of said casting lies substantially on a circle concentric withsaid circle of said cushion members.
 29. In a pool game table, thecombination which includes, game table top structure and support andpool ball receiver means, said game table top structure comprising bedand rail means and said bed and rail means comprising as members of acasting, a bed having a substantially plane face at the bottom of arecess in a normally up side of said casting, and a rail surroundingsaid recess, and said game table top structure further including aplurality of tubular ducts each being characterized by having an elbowextending embedded in said bed of said casting and each of said elbowsintroducing adjacent to said rail a pool ball inlet of said ductcommunicating with said recEss at a different location around said railadjacent to said rail and said substantially plane face of said bed forsaid elbow to receive a pool ball through said pool ball inlet of saidtubular duct from said recess, and each of said tubular ducts having atubular extension leading embedded in said bed of said casting from saidelbow and forming a pool ball outlet grouped together with said poolball outlets of the other of said tubular extensions in a locationnormally lower than the substantially plane face of said bed, saidtubular extensions of said tubular ducts converging with reference toeach other leading toward said group of pool ball outlets, and saidelbows and said tubular extensions communicating for a pool ball to movefrom said pool ball inlet to said pool ball outlet of any of saidtubular ducts by gravity and thence to be received, under conditionswherein said recess is entrant in a downward direction and saidsubstantially plane face of said bed is approximately level, and saidsupport and pool ball receiver means including support means forsupporting said table top structure in a position wherein said recess isentrant in a downward direction and said substantially plane face ofsaid bed is approximately level, and pool ball receiver meanscommunicating to receive pool balls from said pool ball outlets bygravity and to hold the pool balls received to be removed from saidreceiver means to the exterior of the table while said support meanssupports said game table top structures in a position wherein saidrecess is entrant in a downward direction and said substantially planeface of said bed is approximately level.